Rise of nip, tuck and botox in sunset years

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Rise of nip, tuck (I have heard the phrase "nip and tuck" but what is "nick, tuck"?) and botox in sunset years

MUMBAI: Suman Raja didn't celebrate her youngest daughter's admission to a US university with a family get-together or holiday. The 49-year old instead walked into a plastic surgeon's clinic to fulfill a dream she had nursed since teenage years: a nose job. She reasoned that with her children grown up and away, she could now look after herself - well.

She isn't the only parent opting for a nip, tuck or shots of botulinum toxin (Botox, Dysport) in the fifth, sixth or even seventh decade of life. Anil Pujari, in his mid-50s, prepared for his daughter's wedding with a visit to Dr Rekha Sheth's clinic in New Marine Lines: the crow's feet around his eyes, the frown lines on his forehead and grooves near his lips disappeared with botox shots and fillers (what are these "botox fillers"?).

A month back, Dr Sunil Keswani was approached by a young doctor's 50-year-old mother. "The woman wanted breast reduction surgery. She had been embarrassed about it for decades and had only now gathered the courage to go under the knife," said Keswani.

There is no denying that aesthetic surgery is gathering more and more patients along the way, including those who have entered their golden years. Consider the US, which records the maximum number of plastic surgery procedures across the world. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery says the 55-plus age group accounted for 22% of all procedures in 2009; the figure climbed to 26% in 2010. The New York Times last week featured an 83-year-old grandmother who got a breast implant.

The grey and aging (do both terms, "grey and aging", refer to elderly people?) don't yet form a major chunk of beauty-seekers back home (does this mean most beauty-seekers are from 'young' group?), "but they are certainly there", said plastic surgeon Dr Anil Tibrewala, of Hinduja Hospital who performed a facelift on a 73-year-old high-flier (a person of great ability and ambition) recently.

BEAUTY MORE THAN SKIN-DEEP (what does this sub-heading mean?)

Botox is a drug made from a toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It's the same toxin that causes a lifethreatening type of food poisoning called botulism. Doctors use the toxin in small doses to treat facial wrinkles and severe underarm sweating besides serious medical conditions such as uncontrollable blinking and misaligned eyes. Botox injections work by weakening or paralyzing certain muscles or by blocking certain nerves. The effects last 3-4 months. Side-effects include pain at the injection site, flu-like symptoms, headache and upset stomach.

Aging, ready to foot ( to pay or stand credit for foot the bill, what does"credit" mean here? Generally it's the money which bank loans you.) botox bill

Dermatologist Dr Satish Bhatia summed up the mood among the Indian greybeards thus (in this manner): "People see Amitabh Bachchan looking hot in his late 60s and they want to do too."
The field of cosmetic procedures is fast growing in India; the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery placed India after the US, Brazil and China in terms of the number of procedures performed every year. Youngsters , say Mumbai doctors, spur this growth. "But another peak group is women aged 45 to 50," said Keswani.

Dermatologist Dr Rekha Sheth said 35 to 50% of her clients were in the 50-plus age group. "People nowadays know that they can do something to check aging. Moreover, they are living longer lives," she said. Tibrewala said the older crowd now has more money, time and avenues for "looking good" .

(Names of patients have been changed to protect identities)


Original article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rise-of-nip-tuck-and-botox-in-sunset-years/articleshow/9597589.cms